Exploring Cultural Competence

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Exploring Cultural Competence

Cultural Competence refers to the ability to recognize cultural

differences accurately and to leverage or transcend them in order to

achieve desired performance results. It applies to various levels of

culture including national/societal, ethnic, organizational,

functional and interpersonal.

This ability describes a specific mind- and skill-set that is

increasingly required of successful employees, managers, leaders and

organizations. Whether in face-to-face interactions, direct or

indirect reporting relations, customer contact or geographically

dispersed teams, cultural differences affect the way we manage, make

decisions, solve problems, communicate and collaborate.

I have been brought up in a way to respect everyone regarding their

culture, race, sex, age, and gender. I treat all people equally with

respect even though they are all different and come from different

backgrounds and upbringings. I have never imposed my beliefs and

values on anyone because I feel that everyone should be allowed to

have their own choices on what they believe and their values and I in

reality I respect them. This why I believe that it is acceptable to

speak a language other than English, I feel that a great benefit for

me because I am multilingual.

I feel that I am a very open minded person and also non-biased and

when I become a social worker I feel that I will be able to accept my

clients decisions as to a degree to which they choose to acculturate

into the dominant culture.

For my placement I know that I will be introduced to people from all

different walks of life, I also know that I will be introduced to

people who choose different lifestyles such as their sexuality. I have

no problem at all accepting and providing services to clients who are

gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered or any other. I feel that I have

no right to discriminate anyone because they should be able to empower

themselves and be able to make the right choices for themselves with

support from everyone.

I also feel that I have really strong views against insensitive

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